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Transatlantic Leadership Academy (TLA)

Political Board
(as of June 2008)


CHAIR (2008 - 2009)

 
SWITZERLAND
The Hon. Ferdinand Riederer, Member of the St. Gallen Canton Parliament


MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL:

AUSTRIA

The Hon. Johann Holztrattner, Speaker of the Salzburg House
The Hon. Siegfried Schrittwieser, Speaker of the Styria House (Steiermark)

BELGIUM

Senator Dr. Luc Van den Brande, Member of the Belgium Senate

BULGARIA

The Hon. Kamelia Kassabova, Deputy Speaker of the Bulgarian National Assembly

ESTONIA

The Hon. Prof. Dr. Dr. Peeter Kreitzberg, Member of the Estonian Parliament

GEORGIA

The Hon. Mikheil Machavariani, Deputy Chairman of the Parliament

GERMANY

The Hon. Sylvia Bretschneider, Speaker of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania House
The Hon. Dieter Steinecke, Speaker of the Sachsen-Anhalt House
The Hon. Peter Straub, Speaker of the Baden-Württemberg House
The Hon. Karl-Georg Wellmann, Member of the German Bundestag (German Congressman)

ITALY

The Hon. Davide Gariglio, Speaker of the Regional Parliament of Piedmonte
The Hon. Dr. Veronika Stirner-Brantsch, Speaker Emeritus, Member of the Parliament of the Autonomous Province of Bozen-South Tyrol

LATVIA

The Hon. Karina Petersone, Deputy Speaker of the Latvian Parliament (Saeima)

LIECHTENSTEIN

The Hon. Klaus Wanger, Speaker of the Liechtenstein Parliament

LITHUANIA

The Hon. Prof. Dr. Kazimiera Prunskiené, Member of the Lithuanian Parliament, Minister of Agriculture, Former Prime Minister of Lithuania

LUXEMBOURG

The Hon. Alex Bodry, Deputy Minority Leader of the Luxembourg Parliament

SLOVENIA

The Hon. Darko Fras, Member of the National Council of Slovenia
The Hon. Anton Kokalj, Member of the National Assembly of Slovenia

SPAIN

The Hon. Jordi Xuclà I Costa, Member of the Spanish Parliament

SWEDEN

The Hon. Birgitta Sellén, Deputy Speaker of the Swedish Parliament, Sveriges Riksdag

SWITZERLAND

The Hon. Ferdinand Riederer, Member of the St. Gallen Canton Parliament

UKRAINE

The Hon. Serhiy Shevchuk, Member of the Ukrainian Parliament

UNITED KINGDOM

The Lord David Chidgey, House of Lords

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

The Hon. Alojz Peterle (Slovenia), Member of the European Parliament
The Hon. Prof. Dr. Inese Vaidere (Latvia), Member of the European Parliament

Calendar

June 5 – 8, 2008

Leadership Summit
"Harnessing the Power of Innovation"
University of Chicago Gleacher Center
Program Schedule
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July 14 – 17, 2008

Program for Emerging Political Leaders
Darden Graduate School of Business Administration
University of Virginia – Charlottesville, Virginia
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September 17 – 21, 2008

National Speakers Conference – 17th annual meeting
Hosted by Hon. William Murphy, Speaker of the House, Rhode Island
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Program Schedule (pdf)

December 4 - 7, 2008

Annual Winter Leadership Forum
America's Vote: The New Political Landscape
SLLF Board of Directors Me­eting 
Charleston, South Carolina
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Registration Form - Legislative Participants
Registration Form - Corporate Participants